Dougray Scott

Intriguing title aside, the mythical fire-breathers in "There Be Dragons" are strictly metaphorical. In both ambition and approach, "Dragons" echoes Roland Joffe's career-defining early work as he brings sweeping production values to overtly Christian subject matter, tracking the life of Opus Dei founder and modern-day Catholic saint Josemaria Escriva against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

Overlong and unnecessarily burdened by a clunky present-day framing device, "Dragons" may not be perfect, but it plays to the director's strengths, demonstrating an increasingly rare sense of scope and pageantry best served by the big screen.

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